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A synonym of Sterigma 



STERIGMA (from atengma, a fork ; the larger 

 stamens are connected at the base and forked at the 

 top). STN. Sterigmostemon. OBD. Cruciferce. A genns 

 comprising five species of hardy, robnst, perennial herbs, 

 natives of Asia Minor, Persia, the Caspian region, and 

 Siberia. - Flowers yellow, rather large, in elongated, 

 ebracteate racemes ; sepals sub-erect ; pedicels rather 

 thick, spreading. Leaves entire or pinnatifid. One or 

 two of the species have been introduced, but they are 

 now probably lost to cultivation. 



STERIGMA. A term applied to any foliaceous 

 prolongation of the blade of a leaf down on the stem 

 by decnrrence. 



STERIGMOSTEMON. 

 (which see). 



STERILE. Barren. A male or staminate flower 

 is commonly said to be Sterile. 



STERIPHOMA (from steriphoma, a foundation ; in 

 allusion to the large fruit-stalk). STNS. Rcemeria (of 

 Trattinick), Stephania (of Willdenow). OBD. Cappa- 

 ridece. A small genus (three species) of stove, unarmed 

 shrubs, natives of Pern, New Grenada, Venezuela, and 

 the Trinity Islands. Flowers orange, showy; calyx two 

 or four-lobed at apex, irregularly ruptured; torus very 

 short ; petals four, sessile ; stamens six ; racemes terminal ; 

 peduncles thick ; pedicels thickened at the apex, infracted 

 or recurved, one-flowered. Leaves long-petiolate, one- 

 f oliolate ; leaflet lanceolate, entire ; petiole thickened at 

 the apex. The only species introduced is well worth 

 cultivating on account of the beauty of its flowers. It 

 thrives in a compost of equal parts loam, peat, and 

 sand. Cuttings should be taken from young wood, 

 inserted in a pot of sand, and plunged in heat, under a 

 hand glass. 



S. cleomoides (Cleome-like). fl. with a reddish-brown calyx and 

 yellow petals and stamens. April to July. I. oblong-lanceolate, 

 much acuminated, scarcely longer than the footstalks. A. 6ft. 

 Caraccas, 1823. SYN. S. paradoxum (B. M. 5788; F. d. S. 564-5 ; 

 L. & P. F. G. i. 73, p. 107.) 

 S. paradoxum (paradoxical). A synonym of S. cUonwides. 



STERJS. Now included under Hydrolea (which 

 see). 



STERNBERGIA (named in honour of Count Caspar 

 Sternberg, 1761-1838, a celebrated botanist). Mount 

 Etna Lily. Including Oporanthus. OBD. Amaryllideoe. 

 Of this genus, about twelve species have been described, 

 but, according to Mr. Baker, not more than four are 

 distinct as such; they are hardy, bulbous plants, inhabiting 

 Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region. Flower 

 often solitary; perianth funnel-shaped, straight, with a 

 short or rather long tube, and linear or lanceolate, equal, 

 erecto-patent lobes ; stamens equally affixed at the throat 

 or the bases of the lobes; bracts membranous, hyaline, 

 tubular at base; scape short, sometimes very short, solid. 

 Leaves late or cotemporary with the flowers. Bulb 

 tunicated. 8. lutea is a popular and valuable plant, 

 on account of its yellow flowers being produced in 

 autumn. The genns may be divided into two sections, 

 viz., Sternbergia proper, having autumnal flowers, with 

 a cylindrical tube, and leaves produced in spring; and 

 Oporanthus, with short-tubed, funnel-shaped flowers, pro- 

 duced, with the leaves, in October. To the first section 

 belong 8. colchiciflora, 8. macrantha, and S. Schubertii. 

 8. lutea and its forms comprise the second section. 

 Only a couple of species call for mention here. They 

 succeed best in soil of a good depth, and in a sheltered 

 position. The bulbs may be placed from 4in. to Gin. below 

 the surface when planting. 



S. colchiciflora (Colchicum-flowered). fl. sessile, erect, odorous ; 

 perianth tube yellowish- white, straight, partly subterraneous, five 

 to nine lines long ; limb yellow, erecto-patent, lin. to Hin. long, 

 the segments striate-nerved ; scape subterraneous, one-flowered. 

 Autumn. J. produced in spring, rarely in autumn, usually five, 



Sternbergia 



iitinued. 



erect, twisted, carinate, obtusely callous, tin. long, one line or 

 more broad. Hungary and Roumelia, 1816. (B. R. 2008.) 

 S. lute* (yellow). Winter Daffodil; Yellow Star Flower. 

 fl., perianth yellow, IJin. to 2jin. long, turbinate-campanulate ; 

 tube straight, funnel-shaped ; segments slightly concave, obtuse 

 or emarginate, twelve to seventeen lines long ; scape 2in. to 4in. 

 long. Autumn. I. five, six, or more, arcuate-renexed, linear- 

 lorate, obtusely carinate, canaliculate, obtuse, dark green, 6in. to 

 12in. long, four to six lines broad. Central Europe, 1596. See 



no. 534. STERMJERGIA LUTEA. 



Fig. 534. STN. Amaryllis lutea, (B. M. 290 ; S. F. O. 310). This 



plant is supposed to be the " Lily of the Field," of Scripture. 



The following, often classified as species, are regarded, by 



Mr. Baker as mere varieties : 

 S. L exigua (mean), fl. erect; perianth tube campanulate, 



with equal segments ; scape lin. long. I. one to three, short. 



North Africa, 1820. 

 S. L Fischeriana (Fischer's), fl. pale yellow ; perianth scarcely 



llin. long; scape 9in. long, mostly underground. Spring. {. 



erect, loriform, quite flat Karabagh, 1868. (R. G. 576, under 



name of S. Fischeriana.) 

 S. 1. grseca (Grecian). A form with short peduncle, leaves short 



at flowering period, finally 4in. to Sin. long by ,\in. broad. 



Greece. 

 S. 1. sicula (Sicilian).* A variety bearing larger flowers, with 



more acute, narrower perianth segments. Sicily. 



STEUDEL1A (of Sprengel). A synonym of Erythn- 

 zylon. 



STEUDNERA (named after Dr. Stendner, of Gorlitz, 

 a German botanist). OBD. Aroidece (Aracece). A small 

 genns (three or four species) of stove, herbaceous per- 

 ennials, natives of Burmah. Flowers all perfect, dense, 

 the females much shorter than, the males ; spathe opening, 



